Claiming that the Bihar election results have done a “great job” in answering communal elements, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti Saturday hoped that “fringe elements” acting in the name of Hinduism will
Claiming that the Bihar election results have done a “great job” in answering communal elements, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti Saturday hoped that “fringe elements” acting in the name of Hinduism will be checked, drawing comparison with elements of ISIS who misuse Islam.
She also made it clear that the PDP-BJP alliance in the state was mainly aimed at taking the peace initiatives of former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee in resolving the Kashmir issue to its logical conclusion.
“In our country tolerance is the strength and if we don’t stop these so-called fringe elements... What is happening in Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq... Because those are also fringe elements who are misusing the name of Islam.
“So in our country there are fringe elements who are misusing the name of Hinduism and they also compare it with nationalism which is worse,” she said while speaking at an event here.
Ms Mufti, whose party PDP heads the coalition government with the BJP in Jammu and Kashmir, said the Bihar elections had done a “great job” to the “fringe elements” who misuse the name Hinduism comparing it with “nationalism”.
She was asked a question as to how her party justifies noises, including by some Union ministers of “go to Pakistan”. She said “the mentality is the same... It is the thought process that counts.” “... when people are trying to fight a battle with rising prices, don’t get onions, and suddenly some people start dictating as to which meat should one consume This is not done. This is not acceptable,” she said. On why many people are getting attracted to radical groups like ISIS, she said, “There are elements among Muslims who have a problem” in the world but in India “we need to expand the constituency which is with us.”
